Intel Arc A570M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A570M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A570M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A570M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1216 MHz
1155.6x more texture fill rate: 166.4 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 165 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57815 vs 34824

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate	166.4 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	57815 vs 34824

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A570M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57815

34824

Name	Intel Arc A570M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench - OpenCL	57815	34824
PassMark - G3D Mark		11105
PassMark - G2D Mark		792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4321

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A570M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	DG2-256	GM204
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	366	364
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Pixel fill rate	83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	166.4 GTexel/s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	165 Watt
CUDA cores		2048
Floating-point performance		4,981 gflops
Transistor count		5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround